An artifact classified as bone, found in a site at Paviland Cave, Wales, is found to have a ¹4C radioactivity of 3.20x103 counts per second per gram of carbon. If living carbon-containing objects have an activity of 0.255 counts per second per gram of carbon, estimate the age of the artifact? The half-life of 14C is 5730 years.
An artifact classified as bone, found in a site at Paviland Cave, Wales, is found to have a ¹4C radioactivity of 3.20x103 counts per second per gram of carbon. If living carbon-containing objects have an activity of 0.255 counts per second per gram of carbon, estimate the age of the artifact? The half-life of 14C is 5730 years.
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![An artifact classified as bone, found in a site at Paviland Cave, Wales, is found to have a ¹4c
radioactivity of 3.20x103 counts per second per gram of carbon. If living carbon-containing
objects have an activity of 0.255 counts per second per gram of carbon, estimate the age of the
artifact?
The half-life of 14C is 5730 years.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F7a935076-cb2d-47cd-ac29-06368f18ae44%2Fdf2fd6f3-b8eb-450e-8d75-9e36ef810821%2Fntra62k_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:An artifact classified as bone, found in a site at Paviland Cave, Wales, is found to have a ¹4c
radioactivity of 3.20x103 counts per second per gram of carbon. If living carbon-containing
objects have an activity of 0.255 counts per second per gram of carbon, estimate the age of the
artifact?
The half-life of 14C is 5730 years.
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